Lessons from Typhoon Nari: Storm Resistant Housing Shown To Be Effective

The document evaluates the performance of the 'Storm Resistant Housing for a Resilient Da Nang City' project during Typhoon Nari. It finds that while the storm caused severe damage to infrastructure and thousands of homes in Da Nang, the 244 households in the project incurred no damages, demonstrating that proactive storm-resistant preparation is more cost-effective than post-disaster recovery.

• Typhoon Nari, which hit Da Nang city on October 15, 2013, caused extensive damage including the destruction of thousands of houses, injuries to people, and the uprooting of tens of thousands of trees, while also impairing water, power, and traffic systems.
• Homes constructed under the 'Storm Resistant Housing for a Resilient Da Nang City' project, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and administered by ISET-International, Vietnam and the Da Nang Women’s Union, suffered no damages during the typhoon.
• The report concludes that investing in storm-resistant preparation is more cost-effective than relying on post-disaster recovery and that emergency response alone is insufficient for a resilient future.

APA

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (2014). Lessons from Typhoon Nari: Storm Resistant Housing Shown To Be Effective. https://cdkn.org/resource/lessons-from-typhoon-nari

Chicago

Climate and Development Knowledge Network. Lessons from Typhoon Nari: Storm Resistant Housing Shown To Be Effective. 2014. https://cdkn.org/resource/lessons-from-typhoon-nari.

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BibTeX

@techreport{climateanddevelopmentknowledgenetwork2014lessons, author = {{Climate and Development Knowledge Network}}, title = {{Lessons from Typhoon Nari: Storm Resistant Housing Shown To Be Effective}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2014}, month = jul, url = {https://cdkn.org/resource/lessons-from-typhoon-nari}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }